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This prospective, single center, open-label, single-arm study was part of a worldwide prospective multicenter clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03253991) conducted to confirm the safety and efficacy of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for treating essential tremor in the local population. From 2019 to 2020, 10 patients with medication refractory essential tremor were recruited into this open-label, single arm study. The treatment efficacy was determined using the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor. Safety was evaluated according to the incidence and severity of adverse events. All of the subjects underwent a unilateral thalamotomy targeting the ventral intermediate nucleus. At the baseline assessment, the estimated marginal mean of the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor total score was 58.3 \u00b1 3.6, and this improved after treatment to 23.1 \u00b1 6.4 at a 12-month follow-up assessment. A total of 50 adverse events were recorded, and 2 were defined as serious. The most common intraoperative adverse events were nausea and headache. The most frequent postoperative adverse events were paresthesia and equilibrium disorder. Most of the adverse events were mild and usually disappeared within a few days. 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